Blue lighting along the white wall, a video image of the sky or "Luce" is projected under the bride's feet.

"All guests who experienced the wedding ceremonies here are very
happy and satisfied," Mr. Edamura expressed his satisfaction with
the superb results of the new video projection system. The initial
project was to refurbish the main building, but that plan was
changed last minute, and the new wedding hall was built from
scratch in the new building. The processes
of formulating the concept for the new
wedding hall and selecting the new video
image system were carried out promptly,
headed by Mr. Nakayamasou. We asked
him about the introduction of the new video
system and the effect it has on the viewers.

The Hotel Nakayamasou, an old establishment in
Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture, has built a new hall
serving as a wedding hall called "Luce." In the chapel, the
popular "Catchyoo" system has been installed in order to
create beautiful and magical video images under the
bride's feet. Colorful video images are created by
Panasonic projectors.

The Hotel Nakayamasou has earned itself the
reputation of an old-established prominent hotel in
Miyakonojo City for more than half a century. Traditional
wedding ceremonies and reception banquets had
been conducted in large numbers. In 2007, the new
modern ceremonial hall, called the wedding hall "Luce",
had been built to suit customers" needs of today's
generation with a diversified sense of values.

"Initially the project had focused on refurbishing the
main building. As we kept brainstorming ideas on the
project about one thing or another, President Mr.
Nakayama made the bold decision to build a new
ceremonial hall", says Mr. Edamura. The new hall
building project popped up unexpectedly. There was
only one year left for having the new hall built. However,
we had numerous meetings with the design office in a
short span of time, and the finished results are quite
satisfactory. Due to space and building constraints, the
center aisle became eight meters long, but the finished
result looks quite pleasing," says Mr.Edamura.

Two units of the PT-D5700 projector project the video images on the aisle of the eight meter-long center aisle.

Numerous customer-oriented ideas have been incorporated in
the new wedding hall. The most difficult theme consisted of what
and how to produce the rendition of the center aisle during the
wedding ceremony and reception. "Our initial idea was to use
reinforced glass panels for the center aisle and to light them up. The
initial idea became unfeasible, since the floor on the second floor
could not withstand the stress," says Mr. Edamura.

At the time, Mr. Nakayama visited the Japan Bridal Fair, an
industrial convention held in Tokyo. "Mr. Nakayama had never been
there before, however, he ended up going this time for some reason
or other" says Mr. Edamura surprisingly. "Mr. Nakayama stumbled
upon the "Catchyoo" demonstration by the General Business
Machine Co., Ltd. (GBM hereafter), and immediately became
interested in the system. As soon as he came back, he requested us
to get in touch with GBM. When we contacted them after examining
their website, they responded quickly by offering a demonstration,
which eventually lead to the installation of the system." Proactive
research activities by the Hotel Nakayamasou contributed to the
introduction of this new system.

The "Catchyoo" system, takes advantage of the latest computer
vision technology, and provides unprecedented special video
image effects. Key features include the following.

(1) In "Particles" mode, flower petals or logos scatter around on the
floor interactively as people move.

(2) In "Water" mode, water ripples
are rendered giving the
impression of walking on water.

(3) In "Reveal" mode, the lower
image of the two overlapping
images is revealed as motion is
detected, etc.

The Hotel
Nakayamasou has prepared its
own unique video images suitable
for wedding ceremonies and
receptions.

The video images follow the movements of the bride's feet.
(simulated by a rolling ball above).

Different images can be projected from the
two projectors as well.

The flexibility and ease of design enabled this heart-shaped pattern created by the Hotel Nakayamasou.

The "Catchyoo" system.

Acoustic mixing console

The "Catchyoo" system has been
supplied by GBM. They have been
promoting the "Catchyoo" system
together with Panasonic projector PTD5700,
which offers excellent reliability
by adopting a proprietary design of a
dual lamp system in addition to the high
brightness and high picture quality. The
lens centered design gives users
the ease of installation.
Particularly in order to project
video images on the floor for
image rendition under people's
feet, the projector must be built-in
the ceiling. The ease of design is one of
the key factors for the projector selection.
After comprehensive comparisons, the
selection of the PT-D5700 projector has
been most gratifying for GBM.

Achieving a high number of wedding ceremonies, far exceeding
past figures, the "Luce" at the Hotel Nakayamasou has been
experiencing great success beyond its expectations. This great
success is attributed to their century long philosophy on
hospitality to "Wholeheartedly provide peace and serenity,"
boosted by the new wedding hall "Luce." Video rendering of the
center aisle in the chapel is playing a key role for the improved
business performance. People who visit to the facility are really
excited about the beautiful rendition of the center aisle.